Theresa May blocked radical proposals to solve the housing crisis and was described by a former aide as a “nimby”Zhao Jiankang/Getty Images

Property developers are set to lose planning permission on unused land if they fail to hit construction targets under moves to kickstart housebuilding.

Britain’s biggest developers, nimbys and landowners can expect a “muscular” approach to drive up the supply of new homes, including greater use of compulsory purchase powers, Sajid Javid, the housing secretary, said.

A review into land-banking is expected to recommend “use it or lose it” planning permissions in the spring. It could also open the way for new charges on land that rockets in value after being approved for development. “We’ve got a housing crisis. We’ve got no time for anyone who is just anti-development for the sake of it,” Mr Javid said in an interview with The Times. “If you are…

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